WESTFIELD — Five candidates vying for three open seats on the Westfield Board of Education (BOE) faced off last week during a virtual debate sponsored by the local Parent Teacher Council. The candidates, comprised of two incumbents and three newcomers, took advantage of the opportunity to weigh in o...

CRANFORD — Cranford’s capital budget took center stage Tuesday evening as township officials offered up approval of expenses and explanations of things to come for the municipality in 2023. Mayor Brian Andrews said it was a more “difficult” budget year with “unexpected expenses,” such as the rise in...

CLARK — The Clark Planning Board voted Thursday to accept the findings of a redevelopment feasibility study conducted in relation to two adjacent properties on Westfield Avenue. According to testimony provided by Planner Paul Ricci, of RicciPlanning, LLC, the properties in question — 175 and 181 Wes...

SCOTCH PLAINS — The planning board on Monday approved an application to subdivide two properties into four lots, retain two of the existing homes, and raze two others and replace them with new houses. The lots in question are located on Juniper Lane, a private road that extends from Glenside Avenue ...

COUNTY — Efforts by the Township of Cranford and at least a dozen other municipalities to get Governor Phil Murphy to reinstate the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) have been refuted in New Jersey Superior Court by state-level higher-ups who claim that the council never lived up to its expectati...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield mayor and council voted Tuesday to go out to bid for over $3.5 million in capital bonds that will be used to finance community improvements, upgrade the local infrastructure and provide some new equipment for the police department. The majority of this year’s $3,860,000 cap...

  COUNTY — The history of Union County — and the best way in which to represent it — has become a matter of some debate among local residents in recent weeks, thanks to a new initiative by the Commissioner Board to update and modernize the county seal. According to information provided by the county...

WESTFIELD — A group of Westfield residents concerned with overdevelopment in the downtown area has filed suit against the town and its elected representatives in response to the One Westfield Place redevelopment project. The lawsuit, filed with the Union County Superior Court system on behalf of Wes...

WESTFIELD — The Westfield Municipal Planning Board approved an application on Monday for a redesign plan at Redifarm’s Greene Building, located on North Avenue East next to Westfield Lumber. The Greene Building, known locally as the former site of Handler Manufacturing, is currently being retrofitte...

SCOTCH PLAINS — Despite there being no visible movement of late on the redevelopment of the public properties in the downtown business district, plenty of activity is evident, or soon will be, elsewhere. The former Jade Isle restaurant at the corner of East Second Street and Terrill Road is slated f...